Millions of us, everyday of every hour, are working a multitude of hours at different periods in the day. All so that we, can prop and propel the few lives that are on top. The few who’s lives we’re both knowingly and unknowingly sustaining. Who’s lives that have children that we’re indirectly supporting through our labor. Who’s dreams get to be realized because of our time spent doing these kinds of jobs.

What we’re left with, is that we’re left to having to set aside our dreams or let them die off. We have to tell our children “sorry, honey, but I can’t help you get to your prom.” or “I can’t afford to buy your supplies” or “I can’t make it for your game”. All at the expense of slaving away for extra hours on top of the scheduled hours to work.

This kind of ecosystem is unbearably uncomfortable to realize and practice against our wills.

That’s what I’d like to see reformed.

  • bobthened@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Agreed. Billionaires should not exist (100% wealth tax above 9,999,999), and all companies should be owned by the employees so everyone gets an equal share of the profits.

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    Our parents and grandparents’ generation fought so hard in the 50s, unionised and organised strikes, to end this despicable practice.

    70 years on we’ve found ourselves under the same sort of economic slavery!

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    1 year ago

    The illusion has crumbled. I travel for work, and you know what I see. The same crap everywhere. The same restaurants, the same stores, the same hotels, the same everything. And more often than not with not enough staff to keep it open. How many places I have seen with reduced hours. Fast food places with only drive through open at 2pm. My point being that the legs the rich are standing on are crumbling.